On Military Matters had a great Cold Wars, seeing friends old and new, gaming a bit, and enjoying the show.
Coming into the shoppe in the next couple weeks.
Rules…
WWII Secrets of Wargame Design: Volume 7: A Tabletop Toolkit of Ideas, Analysis, and Rule Mechanics The 7th volume in the series of wargame design booklets offers a cornucopia of World War II rules, scenarios, and nuts & bolts mechanics. Tweak an existing set of rules, use one of the sets inside, or create your own from scratch by picking and choosing from among the 13 articles: The Zen of Armor Combat: To Hit or Not to Hit; WWII Battalion Skirmish: Casualty Filter, Rally Areas, and Reinforcement Cards; Armor Firing and Damage: Single Die Throw System; U.S. Invasion of Vladivostock: Goofettes A Plenty; Skirmishing with 54mm Figures: Poses, Actions, and Sustained Fire; A Trio of Bridges: Time as Command and Control Increments; Command Strike at Dawn: Skirmish Raid; Pacific Carrier Battle: Quick, Simple, and Random; Oregon Beach: Solo Landing Scenario; City Fight: Block by Block in Stalingrad; Island Invasion: Naval Bombardment, Efficiency, and Reaction Points; Town Skirmish: Suppression Fire and Reaction Chart; and Two 15mm Battles: Dispersal, Initiative Ploy, and Clock Die Op Fire. $19.00 USD
Pike & Shotte: To Kill A King Supplement for Pike & Shotte describes the history, armies, personalities and battles of the English Civil War. Included are detailed scenarios based on some of the most famous battles, complete with maps and orders of battle/army lists for the main protagonists. $38.00 USD
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Dead Man's Hand: The Curse of Dead Man's Hand You need a copy of the Dead Man's Hand rulebook to use this sourcebook. The Curse of Dead Man's Hand contains rules for running multi-player campaigns, ten new scenes, and four new gang types: The Baron, The Seven, Mountain Men, and The Malevolent Seven. The book comes with a deck of 16 special cards for the four new gang types, plus an extra eight optional cards for fighting The Baron. $24.00 USD
Terra Incognita: Company Level Colonial Miniatures Rules Company-level rules designed for 1510-1870 action battles resolved within two to three hours. Can be used with any scale and no rebasing required. Smallest formation is Company, Section or Squadron. Extensive treatment for Natives and Skirmish strategy. Combine with the soon-to-be-released Spanish Colonial Campaign Book. $30.00 USD
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Crusaders Over 'Nam: CY6 Jet Age Scenario Book Scenario book covers eleven actions in which F-8 Crusaders scored kills in action during the Vietnam war. Well documented and tested. Compatible with CY6: Jet Age. $25.00 USD
Scrappers: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Wargames Skirmish miniatures game set in the wastelands, where players assemble Scrapper Crews and send them out to scavenge scraps of Ancient technology and battle rival factions. Explorers, cultists and raiders clash with mutated creatures, robotic soldiers, and embittered True Humans in this wargame of salvage and survival in the ruins of the future. $33.00 USD
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Wargames…
Travel Battle: A Complete Napoleonic Wargame in a Portable Box Contains 160 infantry, 24 cavalry, four guns, twelve crew, and six brigadier figures at 8mm scale and color-coded in red and blue. There are also two 10-inch square terrain boards with 3D roads, hills, six buildings, and walls which can be arranged in any combination for 16 different environments. In addition, the boards are marked with one-inch grid squares to avoid the need for a ruler. Rounding out the package are four dice and a set of rules. $68.00 USD
Turning Point Simultations #10: The Invincible Armada Players use both a Strategic and a Tactical map. The game contains very few physical counters in play but many information chits and dozens of Event Chits that influence play. With full-color maps and die-cut counters, the game allows players to examine different operational plans, and includes a series of optional rules that highlight how various historical changes could have tipped the balance either way. The Invincible Armada includes: One full-color, 11 x 17-inch mounted map; 180 full-color, ⅝-inch and ½-inch die-cut counters, twelve-page rulebook, two Squadron Charts, and two Player Aid Charts. $35.00 USD
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Ospreys…
218 World War II German Motorized Infantry and Panzergrenadiers – $19.00 USD
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054 The Suomi Submachine Gun – $20.00 USD
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246 British Destroyers 1939-45 (1): Pre-War Classes – $18.00 USD
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306 Luzon 1945: The Final Liberation of the Philippines – $24.00 USD
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Sevastopol's Wars: Crimea from Potemkin to Putin 800-page paperback. Explores how Sevastopol became the crucible of conflict over three major engagements – the Crimean War, the Russian Civil War, and World War II – witnessing the death and destruction of countless armies, yet creating the indomitable spirit of Sevastopol. Weaves together first-hand interviews, detailed operational reports, and battle analysis. $38.00 USD
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Books…
Tiger I and Tiger II: Tanks of the German Army and Waffen-SS – Eastern Front 1944 200 illustrations. First in the TankCraft series, uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the tanks and units of the German Army and Waffen-SS heavy panzer battalions that attempted to hold back the Red Army during 1944. $20.00 USD
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Sherman Tanks: British Army and Royal Marines – Normandy Campaign 1944 Second book in the TankCraft series offers wartime photos and extensively researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations. $20.00 USD
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British Army Uniforms: From 1751 to 1783 (SYW & American Revolution) More than 200 full-color plates of uniforms and distinctions. Divided into four sections, it not only details the cavalry and infantry uniforms of the period, but also the tartans of the Highland regiments, some of which were short-lived, and the distinction of the Guards regiments. $40.00 USD
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Cataphracts: Knights of the Ancient Eastern Empires Assesses the development, equipment, tactics, and combat record of cataphracts (and the similar clibinarii), showing also how enemies sought to counter them. $40.00 USD
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In the Name of Lykourgos: The Rise and Fall of the Spartan Revolutionary Movement (243-146BC) The last Spartan twilight, the revolutionary movement that sparked it, and the two ultimate turning points of her history (the battle of Sellasia and the siege of Sparta by the Romans) are analyzed in this book with exhaustive bibliography and special emphasis on the military aspects of this epic fight. $40.00 USD
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Pyrrhus of Epirus Biography. At various times, he was king of Epirus (twice), Macedon (twice), and Sicily, as well as overlord of much of southern Italy. His early victories at Heraclea and Asculum were so hard-fought that a Pyrrhic victory still means one gained at crippling cost. These were the first fascinating duels between the developing Roman legions and the hitherto-dominant Hellenistic way of war with its pike phalanxes and elephants. $20.00 USD
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Bloodstained Sands: U.S. Amphibious Operations in World War II First-hand interviews, entries from personal diaries, and Action Reports create a unique history, perfectly complemented by historic illustrations and detailed maps. These are timeless tales of determination, sacrifice and triumph of the human spirit. $30.00 USD
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The Maryland Campaign: September 1862 – Volume 3, Shepherdstown Ford and the End of the The Maryland Campaign of September 1862. Jammed with first-hand accounts, personal anecdotes, detailed footnotes, maps, and photos, this long-awaited study will be appreciated as Civil War history at its finest. $37.00 USD
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Japanese Battleships: Fuso & Ise Classes The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This volume covers the two related classes of Japanese 14-inch-gunned battleships, originally built during WWI, but subsequently totally reconstructed. $25.00 USD
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The Long Range Desert Group: In World War II Using never-before-published photographs and archival material, interviews with surviving veterans who have never before gone on record regarding their wartime exploits, and special access to the SAS archives, this tells the story of the origins and dramatic operations of Britain's first ever special forces unit. $27.00 USD
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Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1942-1943 – Stalingrad to Kharkov, Images of War Contains 175 photographs. This phase of the war between Germany and the Soviet Union saw dramatic changes of fortune, offensives and counteroffensives on a massive scale, and these events are also illustrated in these rare photographs. These vivid images show the front-line fighting, the troops and the conditions on both sides, but they also document the consequences of war for the civilians under German occupation and the devastation of the Russian towns and cities. $25.00 USD
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Hitler's Arctic War: The German Campaigns in Norway, Finland, and the U.S.S.R. 1940-1945 Study of the campaign waged by the Germans on the northern periphery of Europe between 1940 and 1945. $30.00 USD
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And Don't Forget the Magazines…
Miniature Wargames: Issue #408 Articles Include: Forward Observer: New Products; Garden wargaming; Campaign System for Roman battles; Vapnartak, Hammerhead, Red on Blue, Cavalier: Show Recaps; Rules for Indian Mutiny (Part 2); Using playing cards for game orders; Recce: Books for wargamers; Scratch Building an Arab stockade; Darker Horizons: sci-fi and fantasy; Neustadt Crossing 1985: Microarmor scenario; Brotherhood of Mars: Horus Heresy game; Not All Giant Space Robots: South London Warlords club spot special Club Directory; and Salute show guide (includes: painting tips, Russian Revolution history, painting examples, and full guide). $9.00 USD
Wargames Illustrated: Issue #354 Theme: Wellesley to Wellington – The Iron Duke: How to simulate the man and his methods on the tabletop; Arthur Wellesley in India 1797 – 1805; Armies of the Marathas of India; Architect of Victory: Allied commander and his role in battle; and Scum of the Earth: Beginner's guide to British troops. Other Articles – Battle of the Bulge: Bolt Action Designer's Notes; Age of the Samurai from Warlord; Foteviken 1134: Post-Viking, Danish civil war battle; Pikeman's Lament: Game mechanics and historical credentials; Vapnartak 2017: Show Report; Pseudo-Fantasy Barbarians: Slightly tongue in cheek guide to create classic fantasy barbarian army; Art of Water and Building a Viking Fleet; Paper Armada: Latest rules in Battles for Britain series; Warp Factor: Challenging wargamer's perceptions of history; Celebrity Deathmatch: Giants In Miniature in a gladiatorial arena; and Lone Star Historical Miniatures Club: Profile of Texas wargame club. $9.00 USD
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